As deputy mayor for housing and economic development, native New Yorker Alicia Glen’s mandate includes more than 40 agencies and authorities. From empowering women entrepreneurs and…
Join the NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College for a presentation by Dr. Frederico Peres from the National School of Public Health in Rio de Janeiro,…
On November 9th at Cornell Architecture Art Planning from 6:00 PM-7:30 PM, for a presentation from author Jill Jonnes, and panel discussion with expert voices in American forestry; Fiona Watt, NYC Parks| Todd Forrest, US Forest Service| Joseph Gittelman, ALB Expert
Join us for a post-Election Day celebration of the mandate of everyday city dwellers to improve one another’s lives. We’ll apply performance, satire, and rapid presentations to mix policy and play and proclaim the power of participation.
Please join us for a screening about an aspiring regenerative entrepreneur, Ken LaRoe, a seasoned banker and passionate environmentalist who founded Florida’s first “green” bank in a conservative community outside Orlando, who was inspired after reading Patagonia Founder Yvon Chouinard’s book Let My People Go Surfing.
On Thursday, November 10, Bill McKibben will give the inaugural Jonathan Schell Memorial Lecture on the Fate of the Earth at the New School in New York City.
Swale, a floating food forest built on a 130-foot by 40-foot barge made from repurposed shipping containers by artist Mary Matting, will be docked for just…
Join New York Restoration Project as we continue building a compost windrow in our storage facility. Learn about compost as we add food scraps, from our local partners at BedStuy Fresh and Local and Saraghina Restaurant, and garden clippings from our many gardens throughout Brooklyn and Queens.
Join panelists from MTA external communications, data journalists, and transportation planners for a discussion about documenting the effects of Superstorm Sandy in real-time and the power of social media as a tool for crisis management and recovery.
Join members of Upper Manhattan's food community, including healthy food advocates, activists, consumers, producers and scholars to discuss our food environment. This session's panel will focus on youth food justice programs that empower youth to make a positive change in Upper Manhattan's food environment.
We invite you to our second workshop and salon. Explore with us the digital, physical and cultural infrastructure needed to facilitate social and economic cooperation at…
Through sensations of depth, sound, and movement, this uniquely collaborative experimental media work is an instrument to view the city, as it examines the iconic geopolitical landscape of Lower Manhattan in ways not previously experienced. New York City is revealed to be a panopticon of frenetic urban renewals culminating in postmodern hyperspace, geopolitical tragedy and the entropic effects of climate change.